Milk Chocolate Layer Cake

Sunday, January 25, 2009

My son's (10!) birthday was yesterday. He LOVES milk chocolate, so when we saw this recipe for Milk-Chocolate-Frosted Layer Cake in Food & Wine magazine, we knew this had to be his birthday cake this year! I would normally be nervous making a cake for the first time for a birthday, but Food & Wine has yet to steer me wrong!

OK...I was not thrilled with the way the cake pulled away from the pan, but it ended up just fine. If I make this again, I might just go with round pans.

Chocolate curls...not my strong suit!

Our white counter tops make the cake look like it's floating! :)

The birthday boy and the cake!

The frosting was really rich and creamy. I'd say that was everyone's favorite part. We liked the cake, too, but it was not chocolaty at all. It had a "spongy" texture...more like a muffin, but it was good! Birthday boy was happy; Mom was happy! :)

I love how this turned out! Happy birthday to your son! That shape would be perfect for a cake I was thinking about making - a princess pillow! I wonder if I could get it to pull away from the edges...

He looks like he's thrilled!Weird how the cake pulled away like that, I've never seen that happen before.As long as it worked out in the end, which it looks like it did.Happy Birthday to little bake at 350!!

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